“Now it came to pass in the third year of Hosea, the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.”
2 Kings 18
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1In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.
“in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.”
“in the third year of Hoshea, The son of Elah, the king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.”
“in the third year of Hoshea, the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.”
2He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
“Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign. And he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was also Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.”
“He was twenty -five years old when he began to reign. And he reigned twenty -nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abi, daughter of Zechariah.”
“Twenty -five years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty -nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.”
“He was 25 years old when he became king, And he ruled for 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abbi, the daughter of Zechariah.”
3And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
“And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord according to all that his father David had done.”
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.”
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord according to all that David his father did.”
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord according to all that David his father did.”
“And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.”
“he did right in the sight of the Lord according to all that his father David had done.”
4He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.
“He removed the high places and he break the images and cut down the groves. And he break in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made. For unto those days, the children of Israel did burn incense to it. And he called it…”
“he removed the high places, broke down the sacred pillars, and cut down the asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made. For until those days, the sons of Israel burned incense to it. And it was called…”
“He removed the high places and broke the images and cut down the groves and broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made. But unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it, and he called it Nahushtan,”
5Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
“He trusted in the Lord God of Israel so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.”
“He trusted in the Lord God of Israel so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah nor any who were before him.”
“He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.”
“He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that after Him was none like Him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before Him.”
“He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel, so that after Him there was none like Him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before Him.”
“he trusted in the Lord God of Israel so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah nor any that were before him.”
6He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
“For he held fast to the Lord. He did not depart from following him but kept his commandments which the Lord had commanded Moses.”
“For He clung to the Lord. He did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.”
“For he clung to the Lord. He did not depart from following him, but kept his commandments which the Lord had commanded Moses.”
“For he claimed to the Lord and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments which the Lord commanded Moses.”
“For he claimed to the Lord and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.”
“For He claimed to the Lord and departed not from following Him, but kept His commandments which the Lord commanded Moses,”
7And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
“And the Lord was with him and he prospered whithersoever he went forth. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and he served him not.”
8He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
“He smote the Philistines even unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fence city.”
9In the fourth year of Hezekiah's reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
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10And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
“And at the end of three years, they took it. Even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea, Hoshea, king of Israel, Samaria was taken.”
11The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
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12This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.
“Because they did not obey the voice of the Lord their God. But transgressed his covenant and all that Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. And they would neither hear nor do them.”
“Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses, the servant of the Lord, commended, and would not hear them, nor do them.”
13In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah's reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
“in the 14th year of King Hezekiah Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them”
“in the 14th year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.”
“in the 14th year of King Hezekiah. Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them.”
14So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me." And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
“And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended. Return from me that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah, king of Judah, three hundred…”
“Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lashish, saying, I have done wrong, turn away from me, whatever you impose on me I will pay. And the king of Assyria assessed Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents…”
15Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
“And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house.”
16At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
“At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah, king of Judah, had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.”
17Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer's Field.
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18Then they called for the king; and Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
“And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna, the scribe, and Joah, the son of Aspha, the recorder.”
19The Rabshakeh said to them, "Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
“Then the Rabshakeh said to them, say now to Hezekiah, thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, what confidence is this in which you trust?”
“Rabshaketh said to them, say now to Hezekiah, thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, what is this confidence that you have?”
20You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
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21Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
“Behold, you rely on that staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who rely on him.”
“Now behold, thou trustest upon the staff of the bruised reed, even Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.”
22But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD our God,' is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: 'You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem'?
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23Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
“Now therefore, come make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. And I will give you 2 ,000 horses if you are able on your part to set riders on them.”
24For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master's servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
“How then can you repulse one official of the least of my master's servants and rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?”
“How then will you repel one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?”
25So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, 'Go up against this land and destroy it.'"
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26Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall."
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27But the Rabshakeh replied, "Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?"
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28Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: "Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
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29This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.
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30Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, 'The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.'
“Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord saying, the Lord will surely deliver us and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
“Nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying the Lord will surely deliver us. This city shall not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.”
“Nor let King Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord saying the Lord will surely deliver us. This city shall not be given into the hand of the King of Assyria.”
“let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, the Lord will surely deliver us. This city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
31Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,
“Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria, make your peace with me and come out to me and eat each of his vine and each of his fig tree and drink each of the waters of his own cistern”
“Do not listen to Hezekiah for thus says the King of Assyria. Make peace with me by a present and come out to me. And every one of you eat from his own vine. And every one of you from his own fig tree. And every one of you drink…”
“listen to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria, make peace with me by a present and come out to me. And every one of you eat from his own vine and every one from his own fig tree. And every one of you drink the waters of…”
32until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, 'The LORD will deliver us.'
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33Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
“Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?”
“Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the King of Assyria?”
34Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
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35Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?"
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36But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, "Do not answer him."
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37Then Hilkiah's son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph's son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
“then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah that was over the household of Shebna the scribe and Joah and the son of Asaph the recorder to Hezekiah with their clothes rent and they told him the words of Reb”